I clearly love music too much. Or rather: There's too much music that I love.
And I'm okay with that. Oh, I'm very okay with that.
Inspired by our friend and intrepid TIRnRR stats man Fritz Van Leaven, I've begun another attempt at updating a list of my all-time Hot 100 favorite tracks. My first recent pass at an update netted about 340 worthy songs, and that already excluded a number of little ditties that I absolutely adore. I've since whittled things down to 176 songs, and I'm going to try to bring it down to a mere 100.
Maybe. Maybe not. But I'll try.
And succeed or fail, it's a great problem to have. Music, man. How can a love of music be excessive? Let's immerse ourselves in the sounds we love. This is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on another Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
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TIRnRR # 1236: 6/2/2024
TIRnRR FRESH SPINS! Tracks we think we ain't played before are listed in bold.
sparkle*jets u.k.: Box Of Letters (Big Stir, single)
JOHNATHAN PUSHKAR: Don't Stop (Jem Records Celebrates Jagger & Richards)
OSCAR TONEY JR: Moon River (Westside, Oscar's Winners)
NICK LOWE AND LOS STRAITJACKETS: Raging Eyes (Yep Roc, Live At Haw River Ballroom)
DAVID WOODARD: I Used To Be Cool (Kool Kat Musik, Get It Good)
THE TEARDROP EXPLODES: Went Crazy (Mercury, Kilimanjaro)
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AERIAL: Bad Tattoo (Kool Kat Musik, Activities Of Daily Living)
THE GO-GO'S: How Much More (IRS, Beauty And The Beat)
ALLAN MERRILL: Everyday All Night Stand (MEC, Merrill 1)
THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White [Live London 15 Oct 89] (Cherry Red, Inside Out: 1985-1990)
THE DRIFTERS: Saturday Night At The Movies (Atlantic, All-Time Greatest Hits & More [1959-1965])
ROD STEWART: Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller (Hip-O, VA: Chuck B. Covered: A Tribute To Chuck Berry)
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NICK PIUNTI: Bottle It (Jem, single)
STEPHEN STILLS: Love The One You're With (Atlantic, CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH: CSN)
THE ARMOIRES: We Absolutely Mean It (Big Stir, single)
JOHNNY CASH AND JUNE CARTER: Jackson (Time-Life, VA: Classic Country)
THE RAMONES: I Wanna Be Sedated (Rhino, Road To Ruin)
CHRIS HILLMAN AND THE DESERT ROSE BAND: Will This Be The Day (MCA, Greatest Hits: A Dozen Roses)
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HUNGRYTOWN: Green Grow The Laurels (Big Stir, Circus For Sale)
GAME THEORY: Here It Is Tomorrow (Omnivore, The Big Shot Chronicles)
THE MONKEES: Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) [TV version] (Rhino, More Of The Monkees)
BIG HELLO: Today Will Yesterday Tomorrow (Parasol, Apple Album)
THE HANDCUFFS: I Cry For You (Pravda, Burn The Rails)
THE ANGELS: My Boyfriend's Back (Mercury, VA: Growin' Up Too Fast: The Girl Group Anthology)
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VALLEY LODGE: Daylights (Kool Kat Musik, Shadows In Paradise)
JOE JACKSON: Get That Girl (Universal, Collected)
THE TEMPTATIONS: My Girl (Motown, Gold)
JOHN AND MARY: Pram (Rykodisc, Victory Gardens)
NEW MATH: I Can Tell (Propeller Sound Recordings, single)
JOSIE COTTON: Everything Is Oh Yeah (Cleopatra, Everything Is Oh Yeah)
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NEW MATH: When I Was Young (Propeller Sound Recordings, single)
JACK LEE: Good Times (Alive, Anthology: Bigger Than Life)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Glad All Over (Hollywood, The History Of The Dave Clark Five)
THE MERSEYS: So Sad About Us (Strawberry, VA: Let's Stomp! Merseybeat And Beyond 1962-1969)
TALL POPPY SYNDROME: This Time Tomorrow (Tres Melo Musique, single)
THE LOMAX ALLIANCE: Give What You Take (Strawberry, VA: Let's Stomp! Merseybeat And Beyond 1962-1969)
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The Greatest Record Ever Made!
PARTHENON HUXLEY: Double Our Numbers (Columbia, Sunny Nights)
MOON MARTIN: Cadillac Walk (Capitol, The Very Best Of Moon Martin)
FATS DOMINO: I'm Walkin' (EMI, VA: Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974)
MONDO TOPLESS: Anytime (Get Hip, Go Fast!)
JENSEN BELL: Happening (n/a, Modern Dating Tips)
SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET: Run Chicken Run (Glass, Savvy Show Stoppers)
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RICHARD X. HEYMAN: I'm On To Lena (single)
THE MnM'S: I'm Tired (Burger, Melts In Your Ears 1980-1981)
THE WELL WISHERS: Old Enough To Know (n/a, Just So You Know)
JUNIPER: Baby Doll (Confidential Recordings, She Steals Candy)
ORBIS MAX: Waiting All Night (single)
THE COOLIES: Yeah I Don't Know (Wicked Cool, Uh Oh! It's...The Coolies)
THE CYNZ: The Only One (Jem, Little Miss Lost)
THE BREAKAWAYS: Walking Out On Love (Alive, THE NERVES: One Way Ticket)
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SLYBOOTS: Blindsided (single)
SHONEN KNIFE: Redd Kross (Virgin, The Birds And The B-Sides)
HEADGIRL: Please Don't Touch (Lemon, GIRLSCHOOL: The Singles)
SQUEEZE: Is That Love (A & M, The Squeeze Story)
THE GRIP WEEDS: We Love You (Jem Records Celebrates Jagger & Richards)
THE AVENGERS: Paint It Black (Superior Viaduct, Avengers)
THELMA HOUSTON: Jumpin' Jack Flash (Spectrum, The Best Of Thelma Houston)
THE BEATLES: I Wanna Be Your Man (Capitol, Meet The Beatles)
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THE ROLLING STONES: Sing This All Together (Abkco, Their Satanic Majesties Request)
THE ROLLING STONES: Rip This Joint (Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street)
DAVID A. STEWART: Percussion Jam (RCA, Lily Was Here OST)
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